Baby born in hospital shelter during Russian missile attack on Kyiv Oblast
Pravda Ukraine
A boy was born on 2 January in the shelter of a hospital in the town of Boiarka (Kyiv Oblast) during a heavy Russian missile attack on Ukraine.
Source: Ruslan Kravchenko, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration
“A baby was born in the shelter of the maternity ward in Boiarka Intensive Care Hospital during a missile attack. A boy weighing 3,500 grams,” the official said.
Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia contacted the maternity ward to find out more details of the event, but they categorically refused to comment.
Background:
- On the night of 1-2 January, Russia launched 99 missiles of various types against Ukraine, 72 of which were destroyed.
- Missile wreckage crashed in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi, Obolonskyi, Holosiivskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts, and a civilian infrastructure facility was hit in the Podilskyi district.
- The heavy missile attack on the city of Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast claimed three lives, leaving one dead and 43 injured in Kyiv itself, including 37 hospitalised.
- Ukraine’s National Police posted a video featuring the first minutes after the Russian attack in Kyiv.
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